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Technology Mission on Pulses - Annexures |
Additional potential area proposed to be brought under different pulse crops (Annexure III) |
| Crop | Cropping system/Situation | Additional area (lakh/ha) | States/Regions |
| Chickpea | 1. Popularization of rice-chickpea cropping system to diversify cereal based production system |
0.8 (Desi) 0.30 (Kabuli) |
Punjab, Haryana and U.P. |
2. Expansion of short duration varieties of chickpea in the non-traditional areas/rice fallows to ensure double cropping systems |
1.6 |
Eastern U.P., Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhatisgarh, A.P., Karnataka, Orissa and W.B. |
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3. Replacing presently less remunerative wheat crop with chickpea |
0.30 |
Bihar and West Bengal |
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4.Expansion of chickpea area |
0.3 |
Bhal areas of Gujarat and Tal areas of Bihar |
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5. Popularization of soybean-chickpea cropping system |
0.20 |
Malwa region of M.P. |
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| 6. Intercropping of chickpea with Sorghum,Safflower, Coriander Mustard |
0.50 |
Maharashtra Maharashtra, Karnataka Maharashtra, Karnataka & A.P. Rajasthan, U.P. and Bihar |
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Total |
4.00 |
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| Pigeonpea | 1. Popularization of short duration pigeonpea-wheat sequential cropping system to diversify cereal based production system and sustainability |
0.75 |
Punjab, Haryana, Central and Western U.P., M.P. and North Rajasthan |
2. Introduction of pre-rabi pigeonpea |
0.12 |
Bihar, Gujarat, A.P. and Maharashtra. |
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3. Replacing rainfed upland paddy with pigeonpea |
0.13 |
Jharkhand, U.P. and Chhatisgarh |
4. Raising of pigeonpea on paddy |
0.07 |
Chhatisgarh, M.P., Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Orissa |
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5. Intercropping of pigeonpea with Soybean Groundnut Pearl Millet/cotton/mungbean and urdbean |
0.43 |
M.P. Gujarat, Maharashtra, A.P and Tamil Nadu Bihar, U.P., M.P., Maharashtra, Karnataka and Haryana |
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1.50 |
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| Mungbean | 1. Spring/Summer mungbean after harvesting of mustard, potato, sugarcane, peas and wheat etc. |
0.45 |
U.P., Haryana, Punjab, Bihar, Orissa, West Bengal, Assam, Gujarat, M.P. |
2. Introduction of mungbean in rice fallows |
0.60 |
Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, U.P., Bihar, Haryana |
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3. Sugarcane + mungbean inter-cropping |
0.21 |
U.P., Bihar and Haryana |
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4. Intercropping with long duration pigeonpea/sorghum/cotton/maize/ pearl millet |
0.21 |
Bihar, U.P., M.P., Maharashtra, Haryana and Karnataka
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Total |
1.47 |
| Urdbean | 1. Extension of cultivations of urdbean in spring season after harvesting of mustard, potato, sugarcane etc. |
0.34 |
U.P., Haryana, Punjab, Bihar, Orissa, West Bengal, Assam, Gujarat, M.P. |
2. Extension of cultivation of urdbean in rice fallows |
0.58 |
A.P., Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka |
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3. Intercropping with long duration pigeonpea/ sorghum/ pearl millet/ cotton |
0.18 |
Bihar, U.P., M.P., Maharashtra, Haryana and Karnataka |
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1.1 |
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| Peas | 1. Introduction of peas in rice fallows |
0.35 |
U.P., West Bengal and Bihar |
| 1. Introduction of peas in diaralands | 0.15 |
U.P. and Bihar |
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0.5 |
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| Lentil | 1. Introduction of lentil areas in rice fallows |
0.21 |
Eastern U.P., Bihar, Orissa, Jharkhand and West Bengal |
2. Expansion of lentil |
0.11 |
Tal areas of Bihar, Eastern U.P., Bundelkhand region of U.P. and M.P. |
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3. Lentil in Diaralands |
0.1 |
U.P. and Bihar |
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Total |
0.42 |
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| Other pulses | 0.22 |
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Grand Total |
9.21 |
